Includes projects and spending figures across Britain The total net overrun on 240 key Government projects was more than £19 billion, this is equivalent to over £750 per household in Britain. The average cost overrun of the sampled projects, including those that came in under budget, was more than... Read more...
The failure of the Copenhagen Summit had been foreseen by the organisers but still went ahead at a cost of £130 million. Read more...
The report sets out how big government projects go over budget by 38 per cent on average. Read more...
The report sets out how 14p in every pound spent on aid through DfID is lost to non-frontline costs. Read more...
The report sets out a comprehensive guide to the semi-autonomous public bodies that now deliver huge areas of government policy, often outside democratic control. Read more...
The report sets out how the scheme has cost consumers across Europe €93 billion but been ineffective in controlling emissions. Read more...
The Prevent Strategy is part of the Government’s response to the threat of terrorism from Islamist extremists. Aimed at stopping people from becoming terrorists, the Government has given Local Authorities money to fund projects administered by community groups, as well as giving out grants themselves directly. However, there have been ongoing concerns about the... Read more...
The fifth part of the CSU series sets out, for the first time, the detail of who has received Preventing Violent Extremism Grants, and how much they've received in 2007-08. Read more...
The report, produced in co-operation with the Institute of Directors, sets out spending cuts that could save £50 billion in public spending. Read more...
The research note shows that ten times as much is spent on railways as the roads for every passenger kilometre they carry. Read more...
The report sets out how the EU is already running an expensive foreign policy. Read more...
The report shows that there is significant variation in the extent to which NHS Trusts make use of expensive capital equipment. Read more...
The report sets out how £37 million is spent on taxpayer funded lobbying and political campaigning, and calls for that spending to be abolished. Read more...
The report sets out how MPs are among the best paid representatives in Europe and aren't underpaid. Read more...
The report sets out how 19 (of the 20) Government departments spent in excess of £8 million on taxis and hired private cars between them. Read more...
The report sets out how the tax system deters potential entrepreneurs and that there is now a top marginal tax rate on income earned, saved, invested in a company and then passed on to children of 92%. Read more...
The report, by the CEBR for the TPA, sets out how national debt could reach £2.3 trillion and unemployment 3.8 million and that tax increases are not a viable solution to the fiscal crisis. Read more...
This report analyses British MEP activity over the last European Parliamentary session, in order to increase transparency and drive accountability, particularly ahead of the forthcoming European Parliament elections. Read more...
The report details a number of surprising grants from the European Union. Read more...
This paper shows that the extravagance of these underused assets stretches far further than was previously thought. This is particularly inappropriate when many public libraries in the UK are under threat of closure. Read more...
The third Town Hall Rich List provides details of over 1000 local authority employees with remuneration packages of at least £100,000 for the periods 2006-07 and 2007-08, including 16 earning more than the Prime Minister. Read more...
The report sets out detailed proposals for reforming EU development assistance in order to ensure transparency and accountability and put an end to abuse of European taxpayers' money. Read more...
The fourth part of the CSU series (and third edition of our annual Town Hall Rich List) provides details of over 1000 local authority employees with remuneration packages of at least £100,000 for the periods 2007-08 and 200809, including 16 earning more than the Prime Minister. Read more...
This new book by Matthew Elliott and David Craig provides a guide to what really goes on in the European Union in our name. Read more...